Bay Area Bike Rides

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The Bay Area is a perfect place for cycling. We have rideable weather all year, a vast array of terrain and scenery, and great cycling roads all over the place. We also have a transit system that allows bikes; the combination of BART and bike can get you to all of the best places to ride, car-free.

I organize recreational rides for friends of different backgrounds, ranging from serious racing cyclists to people doing fun rides for the first time in their adult lives. Each of the rides listed here starts at a BART station, and most have options for beginning, intermediate, and advanced cyclists. The routes start off together, so groups can ride together and peel off for their own ride when appropriate. You can do them in the order presented here, which is a good training ride series, or just do the ones that look fun. Ride Bike!

Acknowledgements

I owe a debt to Grant Petersen (now of Rivendell Cycles) for his old Roads to Ride books. Technology has made them less relevant, but for many years they were the best way to find great rides in the Bay Area.

I’ve shamelessly stolen the “Ride Bike!” exclamation from Jobst Brandt (although he sort of stole it from Fausto Coppi).